28 Oct
In honor of Officer Jeffrey Fontana, a standing spray of flowers has been placed next to the park identification sign on McAbee.
Jeffrey Fontana Memorial Garden
It was 11 years ago that Officer Jeffrey Fontana was killed. The Jeffrey Fontana park was dedicated to him along with a memorial and plaque near the tot lot. He was shot in the line of duty while patrolling the near by neighborhood on the 28th of October, 2001.
Note: MFPA was not the ones who placed the spray of flowers there.
16 Oct
Moving the Ghirardi Compton Oak in League City, Texas
How’s this for a tree move. Check out the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=BFTj0hM3DHM. Thanks to MFPA Vice-President Mike Kalashian for bringing this to our attention. Does it give you any ideas?
13 Oct
Saturday, October 13 from 9:00-11:00
Join with Adopt-a-Park volunteers from the community on our Annual Fall Spruce-up Day!!
Choose your special interest project from spreading mulch, to pulling weeds, to pruning small shrubs to beautify your park.
Meet at the Jeffrey Fontana Statue near the tot lot:
*Projects:
1 Oct
There are three park-projects in the works by MFPA for this Fall. Andrew Oberhelman, a local Boy Scout, is designing and implementing a landscape on the east-side of McAbee, across from the J. Fontana Memorial Garden.
All who use McAbee Road are aware of the need for landscaping at this location! Andrew is doing this project in partial fulfillment of his Eagle/Life Scout requirements. He will be planting California Native Plants (mostly in the manzanita family) come November.
The second project is the creation of California Native Plant Island C (NPI-C),
which will be located in Fontana West, just west of the existing NPI-A. It will be very similar to the one we planted in Fontana West this last Spring. Finally, work will continue on beautifying the area across from Glowing Court, just east of the Soccer Fields in T. J. Martin Park. The Fortnight Lilies were just too much to maintain and try to keep under control! Drought resistant plants with Spring color are replacing the lillies.
Now, as you know, we did some fund-raising ( and fun-raising, come to think of it) at our Third Annual, Heart-of-the-Park Event this last August. However, we need your continued support to maintain the effort to restore and improve our Parks. If you wish to contribute directly to any one of these tree projects, please consider using the “Make a Donation” link on the top-right of the homepage, and use Pay-Pal or whatever means is convenient to you to donate. If you want to support a particular project, reference one of the following:
The Scout Project at McAbee
Native Plant Island “C”
Restoration Project at Glowing Court
Of course, a general contribution to MFPA would be greatly appreciated.
If you like what you see in the way of Park Restoration and Improvements, please consider donating to MFPA; and thank you for your consideration.
P. P. Pizzo, Chairman
Park Restoration and Improvement Committee
MARTIN-FONTANA PARKS ASSOCIATION 